Meaning & use
Billowed
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Swelled, rippled, or surged outward in large waves or clouds, typically describing fabric, smoke, or water.
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The sails billowed as the wind picked up across the harbor.
Black smoke billowed from the factory chimney all afternoon.
A note on using this word
From "billow," a Scandinavian-derived noun originally meaning a great ocean wave.
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